Kevin France

Research Associate and Lecturer
Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy,
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Science
University of Colorado

Astrophysics Research Laboratory, Rm 106
UCB 593
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: (303) 492-1429
Fax: (303) 492-5941

kevin.france "at" colorado.edu


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I am a research associate at the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado. I am currently a co-investigator with the Ultraviolet Rocket Group and a member of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) team.


My present research interests include:

  • The protoplanetary environments around low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
  • The radiation enviromnent in extrasolar planetary systems and its influence upon exoplanetary atmospheres
  • Development and flight testing of instrumentation for ultraviolet astronomy

  • The escape of ionizing radiation from star-forming galaxies and the intergalactic radiation field
  • Observational studies of the dense, diffuse, photodissociated, and shocked phases of the interstellar medium from ultraviolet to submillimeter wavelengths
  • The properties of dust and hydrogen in emission/ reflection/ planetary/ circumstellar nebulae